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It is my understanding that cops don't need 'probable cause' to conduct a patdown for weapons for their own safety. Only a 'reasonable suspicion' is needed. See the US Supreme Court decision regarding Terry vs. Ohio.
I had been rightly stopped for speeding. I was doing wrong. I was not free to leave. I admitted being a doofus that day. I think speeding is a motor vehicle 'crime' in PA. The trooper patted me down for weapons and felt things in my pockets. He asked me to take them out which I did - wallet, hankerchief, keys, change and cell phone. He was satisified and let me go.
The side of the highway is not the place to argue Constitutional rights with a police officer.
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